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One Hundred and Ninety Sermons on Psalm 119
One hundred and ninety sermons on the hundred and nineteenth Psalm preached by the late reverend and learned Thomas Manton, D.D. ; with a perfect alphabetical table directing to the principal matters contained therein.
London: printed for T.P. &c, 1681
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
3. An Affective sight. Prov. 2. 10. When wisdom entereth upon thy heart, which is the seat of affections, it stirs up in the soul answerable motions to every truth: Whereas when truths rest in empty barren notions, without feeling, and an answerable touch upon the heart, the knowledge of them is like a Winters Sun, that shineth, but warmeth not; the misery of man is not affective, and Doctrines of Redemption by Christ, are apprehended without any joy and relish.
3. An Affective sight. Prov. 2. 10. When wisdom entreth upon thy heart, which is the seat of affections, it stirs up in the soul answerable motions to every truth: Whereas when truths rest in empty barren notions, without feeling, and an answerable touch upon the heart, the knowledg of them is like a Winters Sun, that shineth, but warmeth not; the misery of man is not affective, and Doctrines of Redemption by Christ, are apprehended without any joy and relish.
4. A Transforming sight. 2 Cor. 3. 18. We all with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. It is a Light that is both Directive and Persuasive. A man may hear the Gospel [Greek or Hebrew] when it is only known as a rule, not as a means to convey the Spirit; whereas a believer hears the Law [Greek or Hebrew]. The Apostle preferreth the Gospel above the Law in the forementioned place, for comfortableness, perspicuity, efficacy, &c.
4. A Transforming sight. 2 Cor. 3. 18. We all with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. It is a Light that is both Directive and Persuasive. A man may hear the Gospel when it is only known as a rule, not as a means to convey the Spirit; whereas a believer hears the Law . The Apostle preferreth the Gospel above the Law in the forementioned place, for comfortableness, perspicuity, efficacy, &c.